I am not certain that her ancestors were Jewish; she may have converted upon marriage? (Or maybe one of her more recent ancestors converted?)

I believe you are right: makes sense. At first, though, when they started talking about a wedding, I thought it was Violet's and Lord Merton's… though, of course, the fact they would all be gathered around Rose applauding her outfit didn't make much sense, then! Still, I had expected the engagement to go on longer.

(Apologies if anyone already said this…) But what about Bates, when someone insists that Anna will not be convicted, says gravely, resolutely: "She won't." This at first made me think that Bates would (please, no) admit to the murder because he really does think she could be convicted. It's also possible - though it…

This is the internet. Talking about a tv show. Calm down.

I, too, thought she… not so much looked, but acts overly sedate… forget any disease or anything like that, but she *appears* (non-expert speaking) to indeed have something wrong with her.

But I don't want to see Baxter go to prison, either. Best case scenario is that someone with authority decides to pull the strings a bit, coming to the conclusion that based on Mr. Green's Awful Trail of Rape, the "it was an accident" conclusion is the very best one to come to.

Agreed. Partly, because it's more interesting for them to fall in love with other people (and my vote is for Daisy and Tom) — but also, it would really be something — now, then, way back, and in the future — to get together with your dead baby sister's husband.
Also, I like it when men and women can have close…

I'm betting, though, getting it so fast (which you described very impressively, by the way!) cost a lot of money… I thought Rose's mother was basically broke. Wasn't that part of the reason the wedding was a small affair? Because the bride's family traditionally pays for it?

…and also how it goes for the viewers.

Are we sure she can't bear any more children? I don't remember that.

Well, Kevin Costner, practically straight off the set of Bull Durham,
was at maximum hotness. And this was well before Waterworld and The
Postman.

Is that the one where Kinski is throwing the monkeys off the raft? I hate seeing older films like that, when you're pretty sure no Humane Society of any kind was involved. (Especially since Herzog is surely an "anything for art" type of director.)
Then again, on the commentary track of… I believe it is Nosferatu?…

Thanks, everyone - these will be good movies for me to check out. Strangely, most people would not call them Newman's signature roles, either.

True. The narration, in part, is what makes To Kill a Mockingbird, as a book, so memorable. (I believe the movie makes good use of some verbatim narration.)

I often think about that scene, when the expert witness (a gynecologist, right?) comes off the train. Paul Newman has a crestfallen look when he sees the doctor is Black.

I was bummed, for some reason, when she was cast as Miss Havisham. On the one hand, perhaps that's a Lady Macbeth-esque role for an actress (I'm not a actor, so I'm not sure). However, I've always thought that Rampling was stunning, and I had this feeling that once you're cast as Miss Havisham, the consensus is you're…

I could only log in using Disqus — via everything else, I can't log in to the AV Club with my AV Club account. I get that "untrusted connection! get me out of here!" thing that looks like a Yellow Pages ad.

I'd say this grade was about right, but I still think that the reviewer is more easily amused than I am. I don't feel like this SNL cast has hit a groove where I look forward to watching the show, instead of just hoping it won't be bad.

re: the grade
Your point is a good one. I do wonder how the grading works for shows: during my slavish moments of over-analyzation that I think a lot of people on here also enjoy! ;)
In other words, are the episodes in a series graded against the other ones in the series, or in some sort of huge continuum of tv episodes…

^THAT